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MISS CHARLOTTE NELSON,
(_Daughter of the present Earl._)
Letters
OF
LORD NELSON, &c.
TO
MISS HORATIA NELSON THOMSON.
Victory, April 13th, 1804.
MY DEAR HORATIA,
I send you twelve books of Spanish dresses, which you will let your guardian angel, Lady Hamilton, keep for you, when you are tired of looking at them. I am very glad to hear, that you are perfectly recovered; and, that you are a very good child. I beg, my dear Horatia, that you will always continue so; which will be a great comfort to your most affectionate
NELSON & BRONTE.
TO MISS CHARLOTTE NELSON.
Victory, April 19th, 1804.
MY DEAR CHARLOTTE,
I thank you very much for your kind letters of January 3d, and 4th; and I feel truly sensible of your kind regard for that dear little orphan, Horatia.
Although her parents are lost; yet, she is not without a fortune: and, I shall cherish her to the last moment of my life; and _curse_ them who _curse_ her, and Heaven _bless_ them who _bless_ her! Dear innocent! she can have injured no one.
I am glad to hear, that she is attached to you; and, if she takes after her parents, so she will, to those who are kind to her.
I am, ever, dear Charlotte, your affectionate uncle,
NELSON & BRONTE.
LETTERS
FROM
ALEXANDER DAVISON, ESQ.
TO
LADY HAMILTON.
LETTERS OF ALEX. DAVISON, ESQ. &c.
I.
[1804.]
MY DEAR MADAM,
I have, equally with yourself, felt extremely uneasy all night, thinking on _the_ letter, which is a very serious one; and, until we receive our next dispatches, I shall still feel every day more and more anxious.
I rely on that kind Providence, which has. .h.i.therto sheltered him under every danger, upon the occasion.
He was on the eve of engaging, for protection--and preservation--It is, indeed, an anxious moment!
I have long thought, a plan was in agitation regarding the Toulon fleet being given up; but, whether it was in contemplation at the period the last letter was written, I know not. I am rather disposed to think otherwise.
The next packet will explain the whole; and, I trust, will relieve our minds of that burden, hardly supportable at present.
I shall, this evening, go quietly into the country, and return to town about noon to-morrow: as I require air, and a little relaxation; for I am, actually, overpowered with business.
Your's, most truly, ALEX. DAVISON.
Thursday Morning.
II.
[1804,]
MY DEAR MADAM,
